Content Development
During my time in the Faculty of Forestry, I have been involved in course and content development for both undergraduate and graduate programs. On this page, I have collected a few content “highlights”.
“Mixed Pixel” Field Exercise
Each year, the Master’s of Geomatics for Environmental Management (MGEM) program from UBC Forestry visits the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest for an orientation retreat. During this retreat, students are introduced to core remote sensing concepts like the electromagnetic spectrum, spectral indices, and various satellite remote sensing platforms. As part of this orientation, students visit several ‘field sites’, where they observe what different spatial resolution pixels look like in real life. Through this exercise, students become familiar with the concept of ‘mixed pixel problems’. The interactive map I developed is used by the students as they perform this exercise. Spatial resolutions of PlanetScope, Sentinel-2 and Landsat can be observed, and students are able to view ‘True Color’ and NDVI visualizations using the panel slider. To help navigate, the students also have the ability to toggle on their live GPS location, using their mobile devices.